Macbook (Intel)

More details, please see Macbook (M1)

Step 1. Install Nix

sh <(curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install) --darwin-use-unencrypted-nix-store-volume

Step 2. Restart terminal

Step 3. Edit the /etc/nix/nix.conf file

sudo nano /etc/nix/nix.conf

Step 4. Be sure these lines are all inside the file

build-users-group = nixbld
experimental-features = nix-command
substituters        = https://hydra.iohk.io https://iohk.cachix.org https://cache.nixos.org/
trusted-public-keys = hydra.iohk.io:f/Ea+s+dFdN+3Y/G+FDgSq+a5NEWhJGzdjvKNGv0/EQ= iohk.cachix.org-1:DpRUyj7h7V830dp/i6Nti+NEO2/nhblbov/8MW7Rqoo= cache.nixos.org-1:6NCHdD59X431o0gWypbMrAURkbJ16ZPMQFGspcDShjY=volume

Step 5. Restart computer

Step 6. Clone the plutus apps repo

git clone https://github.com/input-output-hk/plutus-apps

Step 7. Go to plutus directory

cd plutus-apps/

Step 8. Build the plutus playground

Step 8.1. Build server

nix-build -A plutus-playground.server

Step 8.2. Build client

nix-build -A plutus-playground.client

Step 9. Fire up nix-shell

This may take a while first time around.

nix-shell 

Step 10. Start plutus server

cd plutus-playground-server
plutus-playground-server

Step 11. Fire up a second nix-shell (i.e., in a second terminal)

This should now be quicker since all hooks are up to date.

nix-shell

Step 12. Update npm

npm install -g npm

You may have to run this command using sudo.

Step 13. Start plutus client

cd plutus-playground-client
npm run start

Step 14. That's it. Open your browser and navigate to https://localhost:8009/ to compile and evaluate your hello plutus.

This guide copy-paste from Tilman Dingler's github.